Ambulatory person correct answers Means a person who is capable of demonstrating the mental
competence and physical ability to leave a building without assistance of any other person or
without the use of any mechanical device incase of an emergency (basic cane ok, quad cane not)
Appropriately skilled professional correct answers Means an individual that has training and is
licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures prescribed by a physician. Includes, not
not limited to: rn, lvn, pt, ot, rt. these professionals may include, but are not limited to, those
employed by a home health agency, the resident or facilities and are currently licensed in ca.
Basic services correct answers Means those services required to be proved by the facility in order
to obtain and maintain a license and include, in such combinations as may meet the needs of the
residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be operated, the following: safe and healthful
living accommodations; personal assistance and car; observation and supervision; planned
activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medical and dental care
Capacity correct answers Means that maximum number of persons authorized to be provided
services at any one time in any license facility
Certificate holder correct answers Means a person who has a current administrators certificate
issued by the dept regardless of whether the person is employed as an administrator in a
residential care facility for the elderly
Conservator correct answers A person appointed by the superior court to care for the person
estate or both of an adult
Control of property correct answers The right to enter, occupy and maintain the operation of the
facility property within regulatory requirements
Deficiency correct answers Any failure to comply with any provision of the RCFE and
regulations adopted by the dept pursuant of the act
, Dementia correct answers The loss of intellectual function and other cognitive functions
sufficient to interfere with an individual's ability to perform ADL's or to carry out social or
occupational activities
Elderly person correct answers For purposes of admission into a residential care facility for the
elderly, a person who is 60 yrs or older
Emergency approval to operate correct answers Means a temporary approval to operate a facility
for no more than 60 days pending the issuance or denial of a license by the licensing agent
Exception correct answers A variance to a specific regulation based on the unique needs or
circumstances of a specific resident or staff persons
Exemption correct answers Variation to the law
Healing wounds correct answers Cuts, stage 1 and 2 dermal ulcers as diagnosed by a physician
and incisions that are being treated by an appropriate skilled professional with the affected area
returning to its normal state
Health condition relocation order correct answers Written notice by the dept to a licensee
requiring the relocation of a resident from a RCFE because the resident has a health condition
which can't be cared for within the limits of the license. This is bad!!
Medical professional correct answers Includes but not limited to MD, RN, LVN that is licensed
in CA
Mild cognitive impairment correct answers People whose cognitive abilities are in a "conditional
state" between normal aging and dementia.
Non-ambulatory person correct answers A person unable to leave a building unassisted under
emergency conditions. Either due to mental or physical reasons